Rubbing club for use in washing linen



June 27,1933. l E JAESCHKE 1,915,532

RUBBING CLUB FOR USE IN WASHING LINEN Filed June 25, 1932 latentecl June2'?, 1933 i narran STATES sans@ aenscnxn, or nastiness-Mann RUBBNG CLUBEGR. US

Application le June 25, 1932, Serial No This invention relates to animplement for use in washing linen while this latterl is bein boiled insoap water, the linen being ru bed with the club-'shaped implementduring that time. The object of the improved washing implement is toclean even very dirty pieces of linen so thoroughly that any furtherwashing operation can be dispensed with.

Washing linen and pieces of wearing apparel is carried out to-day inpractically the same manner as in former times. Progress can be foundsolely7 in the circumstance that the linen is now being boiled in soapwater. rl`he subsequent procedures, viz. beating, rubbing, brushing etc.the linen is still being carried out as in former times. As theseoperations must be carried out manually this entails the necessity tocool down the soap water to such a temperature that it is possible totreat the pieces of linen manually without any danger for the hands.Large households and washing factories make use, itis true, of washingmachines, but these factories employ often times, as is known, sharpcleaning substances in order to remove spots and to deliver the washedlinen in a surprisingly clean state. These substances, including lyes,are always detrimental to the libre, and also the operation of thesemachines is detrimental to the linen in that the machine generally doesnot stop automatically when a hindrance within the washing space.arises, but the machine continues to operate whereby pieces of linen maybe damaged; on the whole, the length of lite of the linen isconsiderably reduced.

lt is known that by boiling the pieces of linen in soap water thegreatest part of the dirt adhering to them ceases to adhere and passesover into the water, and it has been endeavored to Jfurther theseparation of the dirt JfromV the linen by moving this latter during theboiling in the soap water, for instance by moving the linenalternatelyupwardly and downwardly; but when, in order to separate thelinen from the dirt, cold water is added to the boiling soap water Jforthe purpose of reducing its temperature so as to render possiblemanipulating the pieces of E )EN WASHING LNEN 619,286, and n GermanyEnne 6, i931.

linen, the loose dirt commences anew to adhere to the same and cannot,therefore, be removed.

This drawback is done away with by the rubbing club forming thesubject-matter of the present invention.v The pieces of linen can betreated with this club in the same manner as on a washing board, but therubbing operation can now be ellected in the vessel containing the linenand the boiling soap water, so that the pieces of linen can beconipletely cleaned in this vessel and the otherwise necessaryafter-operations can be dispensed with. The spots are removed solely bythe action of the clu The'club is hollow and can be filled with therequisite washing agents. The bottom of theclub is perforated so thatthe soap water can enter thereinto and can dissolve the washing agentsand carry them away with it in dissolved state. The upper part of theclub body has circumferential undulations, the crests'fof which arepractically sharp-edged. These undulations with these crests serve toeffect a rubbing action upon the linen when the club is being moved upand down. The lower part oi they club body is provided with verticalribs of rounded transverse sectional shape so that the pieces of linenare not damaged during the vertical movements when they will besubjected to pushes and blows. rl`he club consists of av hollow bodyhaving said undulations and ribs and or" a handle bearing above saidbody a star-shaped member lor holding the pieces '9;

oi linen down in the vessel during the boiling and during the action ofthe club, as well as later on when the pieces of linen are squeezed inorder to remove the excess of water present in them. On thecircumferential surface of the club may be a brush, may be a pluralityof brushes, to assist in the washing and cleaning. The club body may belirmly aflixed to the handle or may be rotary thereon.

The invention is illustrated diagrammatically and by way of example onthe accompanying drawing on which Figure l is an axial section through awashing club designed according to this invention. Figure Q is an outerview of the individual members of the same, and Figure 3 is a separateview of the star-shaped member borne by the handle, this member beingshown in plan.

On the drawing, A denotes the hollow body of the club, F a threadedcover for it, and G the handle of the same. The cover is either firmlyconnected with the handle or turnable thereon, together with the body A.B are the circumferential grooves of the body, G are the vertical ribswith grooves therebetween, and D are perforations in these grooves. Thespace in the club part C and the space in the club part A are separatedfrom one another by a iine-meshed sieve E which *,supports the washingagent. The

soapfwater finds access to said agent through the lower spaces of theclub body which receives also the solution that passes `slowly over intothe boiling soap water in the vessel.

Above the cover F is located the sta-rshaped member H for holding downthe pieces of linen inthe vessel; said member H can be adjusted alongthe handle C and can be secured in its adjusted position by means of ascrew J.

I claim: Y

A rubbing club comprising a vertically extending handle and a hollowbody secured to the lower end thereof, said body having undulations withsubstantially sharp edged crests extending horizontally around its cir-lAcurnference and having, below sai-d undulations, vertical ribs Vofrounded shape in transverse section, said hollow body being per-yforated to permit entrance of washing fluid therein.

In testimony whereof I affix my si nature. ERNST JAESC KE

